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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

paperback. Presents an examination of the political and social construction of gender under the Vichy regime. This book argues that the regime used symbolic violence to reshape a liberal culture once based on individual rights into one of deference to hierarchical authority. Translator(s): Johnson, Kathleen A. Num Pages: 400 pages, 20 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSJ; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 234 x 30. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822327745
ISBN
9780822327745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.35

paperback. Analyzes late 20th-century responses to feminism, and asks: to what extent does the concept of backlash accurately explain reactions to feminism over time? This book offers feminists and other activists empirically grounded knowledge that can be used to develop legal and political strategies for change. Editor(s): Chunn, Dorothy E.; Boyd, Susan B.; Lessard, Hester. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages, approx. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; JFFK; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774814126
ISBN
9780774814126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.95

Paperback. 1968 witnessed a highly unusual sequence of popular rebellions worldwide. Gerd-Rainer Horn offers a fascinating re-assessment of these turbulent times, arguing that 1968 cannot be seen in isolation; it must be viewed in the context of a much larger period of experimentation and revolt. Num Pages: 264 pages, 25 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBG; HBLW3; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199541591
ISBN
9780199541591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.82

Paperback. Showcasing the Great Experiment provides the most far-reaching account of Soviet methods of cultural diplomacy innovated to influence Western intellectuals and foreign visitors. Probing the declassified records of agencies charged with crafting the international image of communism. Num Pages: 416 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPFC; JPSD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199376421
ISBN
9780199376421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.07

hardcover. This is the first biography of T. G. Jackson, an architect who transformed the image of Oxford, rebuilt public schools, and became a leading architect of the arts and crafts movement. Although many of his buildings are famous, until now he has been little known. Yet his work illuminates a whole society as well as an individual. Series: Oxford Historical Monographs. Num Pages: 284 pages, 100 in-text half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKESF; 3JH; AMB; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780199296583
ISBN
9780199296583
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.52

hardcover. Throughout the 1980s, Margaret Thatcher dominated political life in the UK. This work analyzes the responses of NALGO (The National and Local Government Officers Association) members, activists, leaders, and officials to the government's public sector reform and restructuring programme. Num Pages: 468 pages, 3 black and white plate sections, 28 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; JPQB; KJ; KNV; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 168 x 33. Weight in Grams: 878.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
468
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199240753
ISBN
9780199240753
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.49

hardcover. Offering an approach to the history of the modern state, this text concentrates on the 18th century and on two cases, those of Britain and Germany. Using a comparative study, it deconstructs certain cliches about the two states and forces one to rethink how to study states in the early modern era. Editor(s): Brewer, John; Hellmuth, Eckhart. Series: Studies of the German Historical Institute, London. Num Pages: 412 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JF; JFCX; JPA; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 30. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199201891
ISBN
9780199201891
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.59

Paperback. There is interest in globalization which is thought to be changing all economic, political, and cultural life. This book takes globalization and its opposite, fragmentation as the organizing themes for a grand retrospective of twentieth century international history and assesses how both have been shaped by the century's formative events. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
OUP Oxford Oxford
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198781660
ISBN
9780198781660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 86.34

Hardcover. The first scholarly history of food poisoning, telling of the discovery of food poisoning as a public health problem in the 1880s, of the discovery of pathways of infection and of the Salmonella family, and of the realisation that these organisms are deeply embedded in human and animal food chains and the subsequent importance of food hygiene. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; MBN; MBS; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198704973
ISBN
9780198704973
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.56

paperback. Widely hailed on publication as the definitive analysis of one of the major features of the European political landscape, this immediate classic is now available in paperback for the first time. An essential resource for all those working on European politics. Editor(s): Muller, Wolfgang C.; Strom, Kaare. Series: Comparative Politics. Num Pages: 618 pages, numerous tables. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1DD; 3JJP; JPH; JPL; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
618
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198297611
ISBN
9780198297611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 90.24

hardcover. Shows how the English came to believe between 1500 and 1740. This work examines social policy and institutions such as workhouses and hospitals in order to illustrate how contemporaries tried to shape their social and moral environment, and how they defined the notion of 'welfare'. Num Pages: 188 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; JFF; JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780198206613
ISBN
9780198206613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.36

hardcover. This book provides an account of the daily experiences of women in Tudor England, using first-hand sources such as diaries, letters, and household accounts. The book focuses on the preoccupations of ordinary women, comparing the makeshift economy of the poorest with the ambitions and activities of those from wealthier backgrounds. Num Pages: 480 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 920.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780198201243
ISBN
9780198201243
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.73

paperback. The incarceration of Japanese Americans has been discredited as a major blemish in American democratic tradition. This book probes the complexities of pre-war Japanese America to show how Japanese in America held an in-between space between the United States and the empire of Japan, between American nationality and Japanese racial identity. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780195159417
ISBN
9780195159417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 20 halftone illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPR; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 30. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190231019
ISBN
9780190231019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.65

hardcover. The intimate guide to life as a Shaker in 19th century America Editor(s): Morse, Flo; Newton, Vincent. Num Pages: 96 pages, 25 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC99; WJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 145 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781581574999
ISBN
9781581574999
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.92

paperback. Frank L. Klement reassesses Clement L. Vallandigham, the passionate critic of Lincoln's policies, and history's judgment of him. Frank L. Klement was Professor of History at Marquette University. His books include The Copperheads in the Midwest and Dark Lanterns. Steven K. Rogstad is Review Editor of The Lincoln Herald. Series: North's Civil War S. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780823218912
ISBN
9780823218912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 42.35

paperback. Kaplan's concept of Judaism as an "evolving religious civilization" was widely influential in 20th-century American Jewish life, and his founding of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College created a new denomination. This book contains a biographical essay and excerpts from all his major works. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HRAB; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 411.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823213108
ISBN
9780823213108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.39

paperback. The spiritual revival that is sweeping the Soviet Union today had its genesis in the religious renaissance of the early 20th century. In both cases, it was lay intellectuals who adapted Russian orthodoxy to modern life. This book includes selections that reflect the profundity and breadth of their thought. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HRCC8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 21. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823212866
ISBN
9780823212866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.06

Paperback. A unique study of the WW2 culture of Germany. Translator(s): Schultz, Arthur R. Num Pages: 176 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Edition
Rev ed
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780819560865
ISBN
9780819560865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.18

paperback. "Ultimately, the story of Nova Scotia's violent integration into the British system offers a case study in the limits of voluntarism in the ramshackle empire that preceded the Seven Years' War."-William and Mary Quarterly Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBCV; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812218695
ISBN
9780812218695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.57

Paperback. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 288 pages, 27, 1 maps, 14 black & white halftones, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801489143
ISBN
9780801489143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.56

Paperback. Through data gathered on thousands of people, as well as hundreds of memoirs and autobiographies, this volume tells myriad intersecting stories of how Americans born between 1776 and 1830 reinvented themselves and their society in politics, economics, reform, religion, and culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674006638
ISBN
9780674006638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.58

paperback. Taking the reader from the colonial era through the liberation movements to independence and beyond, Basil Davidson reviews the social and political history of Africa in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582212886
ISBN
9780582212886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.09

paperback. Finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in History. "Like Lauren Hillebrand's Unbroken..Target Tokyo brings to life an indelible era." -Ben Cosgrove, The Daily Beast Num Pages: 672 pages, 16 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393352276
ISBN
9780393352276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.25

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